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Craig Sandercock is an Australian rugby league coach who is the head coach for the Wests Tigers Women and Papua New Guinea.
Sandercock taught Human Society and its Environment (HSIE) subjects at The Pittwater House Schools in Sydney, alongside his role on the coaching staff of the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles before joining the Newcastle Knights in 2010 to be an assistant coach.
In 2012, he was appointed the head coach of Hull Kingston Rovers. On 3 July 2014 he was released by Hull KR.
On 8 September 2014, it was announced that Sandercock would be returning to the Newcastle Knights as assistant coach to newly appointed head coach Rick Stone.
After a year with the Knights, Sandercock joined the Wests Tigers for 2016 as an assistant coach to head coach Jason Taylor.
He was, until May 2024, head coach of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Women He was previously assistant coach to the Bulldogs men's NRL team and the head coach of Super League team Hull Kingston Rovers.
On 24 May 2024, he was appointed head coach of Wyong Roos
On 1 May 2026, it was reported that she had taken up the role of head-coach for Papua New Guinea
He won his first game in charge of Papua New Guinea in the 2026 Rugby League World Cup game 58-4 v France on 17 October 2026.